Pakistan players Shaheen Shah Afridi, Kamran Ghulam and Saud Shakeel have been fined by the ICC over breaching the Code of Conduct during the tri-series match against South Africa on Wednesday in Karachi. Aside from financial penalties, the trio have also copped one demerit point each for their unruly behaviour during the game.

Pacer Afridi had an altercation with Matthew Breetzke as the incident occurred in the 28th over of the innings. Breetzke, who scored a century in the previous game against New Zealand in Lahore, clipped one on the onside. With the 26-year-old almost colliding with the left-arm speedster while running between the wickets, Afridi was not happy about it and went to have a chat with Breetzke.

The Pakistan cricketer has been fined 25 per cent of his match fee for breaching Article 2.12, pertaining to inappropriate physical contact with a 'Player Support Personnel, Umpire, Match Referee or any other person (including a spectator) during an International Match.' Meanwhile, Shakeel and Ghulam have copped ten percent fine for celebrating Bavuma's wicket on his face after running him out.

According to the ICC, they breached the Article 2.5 of the Code, relating to "using language, actions or gestures which disparage or which could provoke an aggressive reaction from a batter upon his/her dismissal during an International Match." With Afridi, Ghulam and Shakeel accepting the sanctions, no formal hearing will take place.

"Khushdil said we had chased 350 before" - Mohammad Rizwan

With the hosts gunning down a record 353 in the crucial game, ,Mohammad Rizwan said the conversation in the middle with Salman Ali Agha was all about setting small targets for themselves. However, he acknowledged that Pakistan's fielding must improve and hopes to see them peak when the Champions Trophy begins. Speaking at the post-match presentation, the 32-year-old stated:

"When God helps, you break all kinds of records. We gave our full effort. We were looking to restrict them to 320 but Klaasen took them to 350. When we were going back after the first innings, Khushdil said we had chased 350 before. Someone said we had chased 340 against some other team. When Agha and I were batting, we set targets for five-five overs. We failed to achieve that a couple of times but mostly did. Our fielding still needs some improvement. Hopefully, we will be able to do it because that's how champion teams play."

Pakistan will meet New Zealand in the tri-series' final on Friday.